Hi,
In 2008/9 WMFr digitized 95 thesis (roughly 4 228 pages) from the 19th century.
We actually paid a digitization company to handle the process. The partnership page on
wikisource (in french :
http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Partenariats/%C3%89cole_nationale_…
) and all the files on commons :
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:%C3%89cole_nationale_v%C3%A9t%C3%…
A little return on experience :
1/ paying a company to do it is the way to go. For many obvious pratical reasons but also
for one legal less obvious reason : insurrance. The books / content digitized are often
old and valuable, you don't want to be responsible if anything happen
2/ On the french Wikisource there's too few editors hence copyediting the content is a
long process (not over yet)
3/ it's'a great way to spend money. Little worload and visible results
Hope this helps you in this discussion
All the best
Christophe
Board member of the chapter on the right end of the channel
Envoye depuis mon Blackberry
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